Winter Day

Brrrr, it's cold enough to wear slippers, jeans, and a jumper here in the subtropics. So it's the perfect time to bake!

Apple and walnut scrolls. Mmmm. The mostly clement weather here in far north Queensland has me making much more with yeast than I would have attempted when I lived in Victoria.

Before breadmakers came along in the late 90s, I can recall only one time we made something using yeast, and we had it sitting in front of the heater to rise then prove! Only once I saw my parents baking their own bread. It was way too cold.

It's so cold that super dog is shivering, so he's wearing an old jacket that was the little boy's and an old coat that was the old boy's.

Now he's not shivering, he can walk around. But I will keep him here so I can keep an eye on him. Bit of carpet on the concrete to keep him warm. Little love.

All this baking means I only have one altar cloth made, but it's a beauty! I have a few of this fabric, I predict it will go well.

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What about the sewing?

When you have a family, sometimes you give so much that there is no time for the sewing.

Little Miss turns 7, and this is the Mermaid Venus de Milo.

I was at the $2 shop looking for a statue that ended up costing $6 (hahahaha), and looking at an entire wall of tiny statues... I said to lil man who is now 2 1/2, we need to find a mermaid, where is the mermaid, where are you mermaid? And out of the entire wall he picks up the only mermaid figurine.

I don't think he even knew what a mermaid was! But somehow, he has the intuition!

I used the wilton piping tips, butter icing, and sprinkled with hologrammatic edible glitter....

 Honestly, this turned out beautifully......

Here is the evidence that I created it myself...

And.... how did I know to make this a mermaid cake and not a unicorn? Because my little girl asked me for a mermaid quilt next time... ohhh yes! *fistpump*

Baking Day continues...

Everyone's quickly trying to finish their sewing projects before Christmas!! I've managed a little quilt top in only 3 days...

There are about 40 little 3inch squares left from the little snack pack...

I'm thinking I'd like to make them into a little raggy quilt. I haven't made one before, why not make it little? It's not going to need any batting, but I may need to cut backing squares - depending on how many little squares I actually have left (maybe I can just use these for the front and back)...

Baking Day

How cute is this little snack pack? It's a Moda BakeShop product. Oh, they know how to get us in with their packaging don't they?It's a mini- honeybun (the strips are 1.5inches wide) containing 6 red and 6 cream strips. Simply make four-patch blocks from the honeybun, and alternate with the pre-cut 3inch squares.
So fun, so fast, this is what I've done already!!The rotary cutter indicates scale. The finished quilt top will measure 56 inches x 56 inches. Only a little one, but I love little quilts!!